Read Edit View history 員 yuán HSK3 member Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas yuán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 员 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a circle. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 員 Simp strokes 員 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 員 Simp strokes 員 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 員 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 302, 808 ], [ 353, 759 ], [ 395, 630 ] ], [ [ 305, 815 ], [ 375, 800 ], [ 660, 839 ], [ 682, 830 ], [ 703, 796 ], [ 675, 737 ], [ 645, 726 ] ], [ [ 411, 648 ], [ 422, 660 ], [ 593, 687 ], [ 633, 692 ], [ 697, 684 ] ], [ [ 318, 567 ], [ 340, 549 ], [ 358, 512 ], [ 360, 364 ], [ 348, 222 ], [ 350, 169 ] ], [ [ 366, 564 ], [ 393, 550 ], [ 416, 552 ], [ 668, 598 ], [ 684, 594 ], [ 722, 560 ], [ 727, 549 ], [ 722, 486 ], [ 729, 237 ], [ 722, 168 ] ], [ [ 391, 431 ], [ 552, 465 ], [ 590, 468 ], [ 614, 462 ] ], [ [ 391, 322 ], [ 408, 333 ], [ 539, 354 ], [ 588, 358 ], [ 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